Packet 8: Bonus 10
Answer the following about early modern European cartography, for 10 points each.
[10e] In the 1750s, royal historian Vito Amico wrote a topographic dictionary of what island? Tommaso Fazello’s treatise published in this island’s city of Palermo focused on its roughly triangular shape.
ANSWER: Sicily [or Sicilia]
[10m] In 1767, ambassador Ferdinando Galiani found a “treasure trove” of parchment maps produced earlier under the rule of this kingdom. Centuries earlier, mercenaries from this kingdom were led by Roger de Flor (“roo-ZHAY duh FLO”).
ANSWER: Aragon [or Reino d’Aragón or Regne d’Aragó; prompt on Naples by asking “under the rule of what kingdom?”]
[10h] A member of this family produced a map depicting the “Leo Belgicus” after the Twelve Years’ Truce of 1609. Peter Schenk later acquired the Amsterdam mapmaking business of this family, which also made panoramic engravings of London.
ANSWER: Visscher (“VISS-er”) [accept Claes Janszoon Visscher]
<Editors, European History> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 13.00 | 100% | 30% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Illinois B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | UCLA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Bruin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Minnesota | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| North Carolina | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern A | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | Virginia Tech | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Swarthmore | Georgetown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley B | Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Waterloo | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 20 | 13.00 | 100% | 30% | 0% |